Nobody is bent on saying racist things, they are tired of being called racist for not towing a political line. Regular ass people are being called nazis and fascists in the year 2022 for completely dubious reasons. It’s stupid.
I remember when we got all of these Timberwolf fans coming in here and posting Greg Oden dick pics. It was hilarious but we banned all of them! #GoodTimes
Because a majority of Americans voted for one, or because of the MAGA takeover of election officials happening at an alarming rate in swing states? At any rate, I hope to God that Trump is the Republican nominee, although I have to say I doubt he'll really run. (But maybe if he thinks it's the only way to escape his legal troubles?)
That's what Kamala Harris was supposed to be. But the Right has done such an effective hatchet job on her (they're good at that, to make up for not being good at governing) that she's radioactive.
Which one of those other companies first committed to building cars with completely different drive trains which are 75% more efficient than the others? Which one is changing the auto manufacturing and sales process compared to others? Oh, right... It's almost like one of these companies is not like the others...
Lol, she's not likeable. She's a woman and she's a minority. That's where her good qualities end. The DNC will not support a good Democrat because a good Democrat would gut the DNC and completely change it.
When I first came to the US I was kind of amazed at what free speech absolutists so many people were. And, as with the second amendment, so few people can give good justifications for (their interpretations) of the amendment. I certainly get the protect-political-speech argument, but now we're flooded with complete and utter lies and so many people are unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality it seems like the danger has tipped the other way. People in the US seem to think that you can't have ANY censorship (or gun control) otherwise you'll instantly have Soviet-style repression. But Western Europe seems to get along just fine. Once you lose faith in institutions, however, this is what you're left with.
She's a fucking politician. (1) You don't know her, you just know how she's been portrayed, and (2) Name me one REMOTELY likeable Republican politician? Somehow "likeability" never seems to come up for those crusty old white fuckers.
Education is the solution. If you offer equal access to education, healthcare, and improve the social safety net you don't need to restrict people's rights. You'll improve society far more, saving and improving far more lives by doing that than by removing rights from US citizens. We've been destroying our education system for decades. No wonder people can't tell lies from reality.
I know what I've seen of her in debates and the decisions she has made. I know I disagree with many of her decisions as attorney general. I know she flip-flopped her campaign to appease her corporate lobbyists and the DNC. Republicans aren't even a party any longer. It's more of a cult. Anybody voting republican has their head up their ass or sees poor people as "the help", and wants the middle class to slip to that level.
I don't think she did that great in the debates. She had to drop out of the race before the end. It's really cool to have the first black woman as VP. I don't dislike her, but, I thought there were better candidates for the spot. I voted for a woman in the primary. Not her. I was really hoping for Biden to decide not to run and new primary. I would vote for Harris over Trump or DeSantis though.
This country has NEVER had faith in government institutions. It was born out of colonists/refugees from other countries where the governments all repressed at least certain classes so that the basic intent of those folks was to place limits on government for self-serving purposes. Our "system" of federal government as a loose construct, primarily for the control of interstate commerce and military defense, left us with an oddball amalgamation of 50 states with individual takes on just about everything that only is controlled by the limits in the constitution and the ever-shifting judicial landscape of Supreme Court decisions. We're still a country of diverse cats from multiple backgrounds with differing interests that can't easily be herded in any one direction for very long. The crazy thing is that we seem to have no qualms about advocating changes through the courts or federal law that serve the interests of one group over another while demanding that nobody screw with OUR "rights".
I would absolutely vote for Harris over Trump or DeSantis. But voting for the Harris and Bidens of the world just delays the inevitable and extends the suffering.
I'd argue that the Republicans are more of a party than the Democrats at this point. They have a pretty unified vision of what they're after and promote candidates to achieve that agenda. It's a pretty dark and inbred vision of America, IMO, which is why I no longer associate with those ass-hats. That said, the Dems are a loose amalgamation of people with varying agendas and a wide range of political ideologies that span from Bernie to Manchin. They can't even get coordinated enough to pass a climate change bill and only got a watered down infrastructure deal done despite controlling both houses and the Oval Office.
